Mr. Zhu started from "tragedy", believing that tragedy is the opposition and conflict of human ideals, and the brilliance of drama and novel lies in setting up the contradiction and conflict between ideal and reality, which is finally resolved and arouses the reader's interest, while the conflict of life makes people go to the unpredictable abyss and confusion. In the process of grasping giving up and abandoning, some people can never get rid of a struggle in reality, and in the end they may go through their lives without doing anything.
He sincerely admired Antigoli's decisive choice, on the one hand, his brother, a traitor who had been forbidden by the king to collect corpses; on the other hand, his marriage and family, and the identity of a daughter-in-law who was about to become a hot king. Zhu Guangqian talked about the contradictions in Antigoli from the two aspects of family affection and citizenship, but in fact, it is not limited to this. The tragedy of Antigolis is the intertwined lines of multiple conflicts. Whichever she wrote would be admirable for her decisiveness, and because of this, she would end her life simply and so contentedly. In real life, how many are lost in a wandering path and lose themselves.
In my spare time, I once read Zhuangzi's allusion to "the joy of knowing fish". Zhuangzi and Keiko argue with each other about whether "I" know the joy of fish, and Keiko's view of "I am not a son, I don't know the son, the son is not a fish, the son does not know the pleasure of the fish, the whole thing" seems to have given a reasonable explanation for the debate between the two sides, but in fact, the question of "whether I know the joy of the fish" has not been solved. This is because Keiko still hasn't stepped out of the narrow circle of arguments. At this time, Zhuangzi said the conclusion that "Zi Yue Ru'an knows the fish and leyun, and since he knows what I know, he asks me", and puts the point of contention in the whole context, so that the problem is solved. Without deliberately seeking answers and digging deep into the so-called accuracy, Zhuangzi put himself back into the big picture and walked out of narrowness. In this way, contradictions will naturally be resolved, dilemmas will naturally be freed, and they will not be immersed in endless arguments all the time.
The ancient Chinese had the view that "fish and bear paws cannot be combined". It can be seen that the wisdom of human beings has long existed, and when faced with the choice of "fish" and "bear paw", they are worried about the left and right, wandering uncertainly, and falling into the mire of pain. Of course, as Zhu Guangqian talked about, the decisiveness of Shakyamuni and others may not be what ordinary people can do. With the new era of science and technology, the pace of society is getting faster and faster, the competition of survival of the fittest exists everywhere, giving up does not necessarily become ownership, and the behavior of having concerns is understandable to a certain extent. But no matter how you choose, you must also remember that as Zhou Guoping said, "remember the way home", the tranquility of the soul, the attachment of the soul can truly save the impetuous mentality, and finally find the land of tranquility.
Jiaxin wrote on October 18, 2021